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Can MacBook Air M4 24 GB run GLM-4.5-Air (106B-A12B)?

24 GB unified · 120 GB/s memory bandwidth · GLM-4.5-Air (106B-A12B) has 110.5B parameters (12B active per token).

Short answer

No. It doesn't fit in memory.

Needs ≈48 GB but only ≈17 GB is available after the OS, other apps and Open WebUI.

Why it doesn’t fit

Even its smallest practical version (3-bit) needs about 48 GB for the model, its context memory and the runtime. After macOS (≈3.5 GB), a browser with a few tabs (≈3.0 GB) and Open WebUI (≈1.0 GB), MacBook Air M4 24 GB has about 17 GB left, so it’s 31 GB short.

Ways to make it work

  • Close everything else

    Not enough on its own: with every other app closed it’s still about 28 GB short.

  • Pick a smaller model from the same family

  • Get more memory

    You’d want at least 55 GB of memory in total. The machines below are the cheapest that run it comfortably.

  • Check your exact setup

    These pages assume typical settings. A shorter context or a lighter chat app can change the answer.

    Check MacBook Air M4 24 GB

The same applies to every workload we rate (chat, coding questions, coding in a repository, agentic coding and long documents): they all need at least as much memory as chat.

Other models for MacBook Air M4 24 GB

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Everything MacBook Air M4 24 GB can run

Cheapest machines for GLM-4.5-Air (106B-A12B)

Hardware rated comfortable or better for chat, lowest price first.

Same chip, other memory: 16 GB, 32 GB

Different tool, context size or workload?

These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.

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